Objectives Quick Start Sheets - Administration Staff

Adminstrative objectives can be amongst the most difficult to write. If you are a PA or a secretary it's likely that you will find it quite hard to write measurable objectives.

That's why I produced this Quick Start Sheet - it's for people just like you.

Want a quick, easy way to write your objectives? Get my ‘quick start sheet’ packed full of typical examples from people just like you. All you need to do is make any necessary modifications then just copy and paste them into your own objectives.

You’ll find examples of badly written objectives together with what they should really look like and my explanation of how to do it.

Every single example is from a real client – you will recognise many of them. This is THE fastest way to get your objectives written and make sure they are SMART.

Here are just a few examples of the badly written objectives:

• Meet & greet external visitors and escort them to the meeting room
• To provide good quality administrative support to Marketing Team.
• Accurately perform administrative duties for 6 Directors/Managers in a timely manner.
• Manage Diaries.
• Maintain calendars for Directors/Managers as requested utilising Outlook Schedule.
• Ensure adequate cover is available and that no more than two administrators are on leave at the same time.
• Assist Managers with recruitment and selection of Administrators.
• Arrange travel, ensuring the database is populated with full details so that in the event of an emergency, the traveller and their next of kin can be contacted.
• Book on-site and off-site meetings as requested including room, equipment, VC or TC links, food, etc.  Provide on-site assistance as requested.
• To provide full administrative support to XXX with slides presentations/meetings/travel.
• Utilize Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint to assist in the preparation of documents, presentations and spreadsheets as requested.
• Accurately support the management of the AZ12345 budget.
• Attend regular meetings with GPM to discuss product budget.
• Ensure paperwork is processed accurately and on time. Develop and maintain a spreadsheet for all commercial PO’s and invoices.
• XPEN Software support – utilise XPEN to complete and process expenses for Directors/Managers. Ensure expenses are entered accurately and within two weeks of travel completion.
• Maintain shared paper and electronic filing system for the XXXX team as requested.
• Read through intranet sites.
• Arrange meetings as a forum to encourage airing and sharing of best practice in order to develop high technical standards within the team.

You’ll discover what to do with all of these and much more.